'Since you asked..,' with Lucille Clifton Emmy award-winning poet, Lucille Clifton, answers questions that students might typically ask a poet. The questions are: When did I start writing? When did I know I wanted to be a poet? Where do I get ideas? What do I write with? What is poetry anyway?Author(s): No creator set

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Nutrition Campaign McDonald's wished to promote the nutritional value of its menu items.Author(s): Creator not set

Edgar Allan Poe Biography A ten minute biography of Poe with accompanying printed material. An excellent work, but it does mention his drinking problem and horrific death of his mother.Author(s): No creator set

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd U.S. President (1801-1809). He was born in the colony of Virginia in 1743. Thomas Jefferson's ideas helped create a new kind of government -- one that cared about people's freedoms and rights. This is a video clip. (Note:This clip has a slightly-biased point of view. Freedom? It is a well-known fact that Jefferson had many slaves.)(1:35)Author(s): No creator set

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John Adams John Adams was the 2nd U.S. President. He was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1735. Before he became president, John Adams helped put the Declaration of Independence together, and helped work out a peace agreement that ended the Revolutionary War.This is a video clip. (2:01)Author(s): No creator set

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Tensions at financial reform hearing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and America's other top financial regulators went to Capitol Hill to answer lawmakers' questions about landmark Wall Street reform put in place after the financial crisis.Author(s): No creator set

SHELBY's Child-Focused Planning Process Overview of how the SHELBY Child Impact Assessment process helps planners and policymakers foreground the needs of children in their projects and proposals.Author(s): No creator set

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Ireland's woes The old trauma of emigration will be a big theme at the upcoming Irish election, says Alan Barrett, an economistAuthor(s): The Economist